Jurgen Klopp remains hopeful that Jordan Henderson’s Liverpool season may not be over.

The Reds captain was replaced at half-time in the Europa League quarter final against Dortmund on Thursday after suffering what a scan proved to be lateral cruciate ligament damage to his left knee.

A recovery period of around six to eight weeks appeared to put an end to his season with the Reds but his manager believes he could yet be back for the final few games.

Klopp told his pre-Stoke press conference at Melwood: “It’s serious but it’s not that serious that there’s no hope for us for maybe the last one or two games. Then it’s clear that there’s still of course hope for the European Championships.

“For us he is a very, very important player, getting better and better and better in the last few weeks because he had his rhythm but I think he’s obviously an important player for England too so there’s not a final judgement that you can say he has no chance, there’s a chance.

Borussia Dortmund v Liverpool FC in the UEFA Europa League at the Westfalenstadion,Germany. Jordan Henderson holds his leg after a challenge.

“It’s an isolated ligament (problem), nothing else. It’s not good news but this is part of something like good news. We will do everything for him, for us, that he is back in the race as soon as possible.

“I can’t say more, you always have to wait, Each day you have to see what you can do, But until now it’s the best you can get when you have a knee injury.”

The Reds boss revealed the Liverpool players were aware that their captain may have had a serious injury at half-time in the Westfalenstadion and rallied round.

“In half-time we heard about it, that it’s probably a little more serious, and we decided to fight for him too. It’s easy then, he got this injury in a situation when he fighting for us so you have to go and make the best of it. So that was our thing to do and that’s what we will try to do on Sunday again.”